Stricter sealice rules in Norway, tight supply could see salmon prices spike in 2015, say analysts Undercurrent News, July 24 2014 Stricter sea lice rules in Norway combined with a tight supply could lead to a new salmon price spike in 2015, argued analysts from the investment bank Norne Securities. In a report in which they warn that … Continue reading
Coveney green lights contentious algae farm Irish Examiner, 18 July 2014 Minister for Agriculture Simon Coveney is on another collision course with residents of Bantry after he approved a fish farming licence for a company seeking to cultivate native seaweed in the West Cork bay. Up to 18 objections were lodged against the … Continue reading
Report on massive loss of farmed salmon is held over by the Minister for the Marine Mr Simon Coveney Irish Times, 21 July 2014 By Derek Evans FOLLOWING the loss of 230,000 farmed salmon in Bantry Bay last February as a result of a cage breaking loose from its mooring and upending itself into another … Continue reading
Salmon disaster report delay is queried by FIE Southern Star, 11 July 2014 By Siobhán Cronin FRIENDS of the Irish Environment (FIE) and Save Bantry Bay are claiming that the Department of Agriculture has ‘refused’ to release a report on last February’s loss of 230,000 salmon. A storm on February 1 saw a … Continue reading
Fury at refusal to publish report on escaped salmon Irish Examiner, 12 July 2014 By Claire O’Sullivan The Department of Agriculture has refused, under appeal, to publish a report it commissioned into how 230,000 farmed salmon escaped from cages in Bantry Bay during winter storms. Friends of the Irish Environment and Save Bantry … Continue reading
Fish farm campaigners claim Minister refusing to release Bantry fish escape report West Cork Times, 11 July 2014 ANTI fish farm campaigners have accused Minster Simon Coveney of refusing to release the Department’s Report on the loss of 230,000 salmon in Bantry Bay last February. The decision they say, claims that the … Continue reading
Grieg manager given prison sentence over misleading lice reports Undercurrent News, 10 July 2014 A production manager at Grieg Seafood who filed misleading sea lice reports has been given a 30 day prison sentence, after Norwegian authorities reviewed an earlier court ruling to only fine the culprit, reports iLaks.no. The female manager, who still is … Continue reading
New Zealand Salmon Farmer Rejected Over Risk To Local Landscape Undercurrent News, July 10, 2014 http://www.undercurrentnews.com/2014/07/10/new-zealand-salmon-farm-rejected-over-risk-to-local-landscape/ New Zealand’s Environment Court has rejected a proposed KPF Investments salmon farm on Pelorus Sounds because it could lower the value of the landscape, reports the Marlborough Express. It also cited the opposition of a Maori neighbor, saying the … Continue reading
ACCIDENT REPORT REFUSED PRESS RELEASE, FRIENDS OF THE IRISH ENVIRONMENT THURSDAY 10 JULY 2014 Simon Coveney has refused to release the Department’s Report on the loss of 230,000 salmon in Bantry Bay last February. His decision claims the public interest would not be served by the disclosure of the Department of Marine’s Engineering Division report. … Continue reading
Fish farm under fire over water extraction in Kilkieran Connemara Journal — July 8, 2014 A pipeline laid in Kilkieran last month to access millions of litres of water from a lake in the Carna-Kilkieran Water Supply Scheme has been installed without planning permission – and with no agreement in place with Irish Water. The … Continue reading
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